One of our yoga teachers, Brittany, has been diagnosed with a rare form of a childhood cancer. It's been something that we've all been thinking about and keeping her in our hearts and intentions. Brittany begins Chemotherapy on Monday. She is posting regular updates on her personal blog: http://www.trueblissmassagetherapy.com/

And we will continue to post updates periodically here as well. We're also working on organizing a way for people to support her whether it's through a meal, a grocery trip, a coffee/tea, a ride to an appointment, etc.

Here's a snippet from her latest post: "There is a little inner zen flooding my soul, but at the same time a feeling of a WAR DANCE coming- I start my chemo Monday. The last few weeks have been the hardest of my life. When you get diagnosed with a life threatening illness, life takes on a whole new meaning. There is no way to walk through something this monumental with out being smashed into a million pieces body, mind and soul. Since my diagnosis is so rare It has been a sluggish unfolding, like ripping off a sticky bandaid painfully SLOW.My mom and I had the opportunity to drive up to the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance the day before Christmas Eve. They have the best Sarcoma clinic on the West Coast. We met with the Big Dog Sarcoma Doc, Dr. Loggers. She reviewed my case (PET scans, MRI, Doctor’s notes, pathology report) and diagnosed me with Stage 4 aveolar RMS (rhabdomyosarcoma). I knew that one was coming- my other Oncologist in Portland saw that there was some activity on my left ribs and transverse process of T-4 (mid back region) on the PET scan. There are only small amounts of cancerous cells in that area, but due to the fact my cancer has turned metastatic, they deemed me at stage 4. Even though there is no stage 5 in Cancer-land, the silver lining in this whole thing is that I could respond really well to the treatment and either go into remission, or at least slow down my disease.

I hope today finds you well. And I hope you take a few extra minutes and pay attention to your life, from the inside out.In Light and Love,Brittany~ namaste